VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
Filtered cases · 438 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-22 | 2022-12-09 | Kaylon Tipps | John R. Howie, Jr. | Howie Law P.C. | 12.0y | Meningococcal and Tdap | meningoencephalitis | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-07-26 | 2023-11-20 | G.J.B. | Isaiah Kalinowski | Bosson Legal Group | 4.2y | Kinrix (DTaP/IPV); MMR; varice | afebrile seizures/epilepsy with stuttering, headache, altere | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-12 | 2019-10-29 | L.Z. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante | 9mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-08-22 | 2016-08-22 | D.J. | William E. Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | – | influenza | encephalitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $100,000 |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-11-29 | Ivana Phillips | – | – | 13.0y | MMR | encephalopathy | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Phillips | – | – | – | MMR vaccines administered to s | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties allegedly foll | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-23 | 2017-04-06 | Aprises Phillips and Ivan Phillips, Sr. | – | – | 1.5y | MMR | encephalopathy and developmental difficulties | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2016-08-27 | 2019-10-11 | A.S. | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 3.3y | DTaP | neurologic neglect syndrome, expressive language disorder, u | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-09-15 | 2016-11-02 | R.W. | Andrew Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 6mo | DTaP | encephalopathy, with an aggravation of feeding problems, dys | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-09-27 | 2017-08-18 | A.K. | Carol L. Gallagher | Carol L. Gallagher, Esquire, LLC | – | MMR | gastrointestinal problems, including celiac disease/immune s | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-20 | 2016-10-20 | L.A.B. | Neal J. Fialkow | Ronald W. Cox, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizures and developmental delay | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $1,218,496 |
| 2016-10-26 | 2017-11-14 | T.G. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington Univ. Law School | – | Influenza | various behavioral problems | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-27 | 2016-11-23 | J.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, language and other developmental impairments | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-31 | 2017-11-27 | A.M. | – | – | – | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD); skin rashes; gliosis; seizur | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-04 | 2016-12-28 | Q.M. | Neal J. Fialkow | Neal Fialkow Esq. | – | Hepatitis B | seizure activity, expressive language disorder, learning dis | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $826,432 |
| 2016-11-09 | 2017-09-18 | A.N. | – | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2022-07-19 | Tamara Chavez, Parent of T.C. | Patricia Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 65.0y | Pediarix (DTaP, hepatitis B, I | early infantile epilepsy/epileptic encephalopathy, intractab | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-14 | 2025-05-27 | Ebonie Weaver | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 9mo | DTaP; Hib; IPV; RotaTeq; hepat | seizure disorder and significant worsening of preexisting de | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,626,851 |
| 2016-11-15 | 2026-02-10 | N.S. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 9mo | Hib | infantile spasms and related seizures and neurodevelopmental | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2016-12-01 | 2017-01-31 | Beverly Sharifipour | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $413,422 |
| 2016-12-07 | 2017-07-10 | C.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | infantile spasms (or West Syndrome) and developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-12-29 | 2022-07-07 | B.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer, P.C. | 2.0y | Hepatitis A | pediatric arterial ischemic stroke due to an inflammatory fo | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-09 | 2018-11-30 | BMA | Despite my concerns, Robert J. Krakow | at the conclusion of the conference | 1mo | influenza | demyelinating brain injury, nerve damage, trigeminal neuralg | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-30 | 2023-12-15 | S.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | Pediarix (DTaP-hepatitis B-IPV | seizures leading to epilepsy | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-01 | 2023-09-01 | K.E.L. | – | – | 7mo | DTaP | epileptic spasms, global developmental delay, acquired micro | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-02-08 | 2018-12-19 | Y.M.B. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $1,318,403 |
| 2017-02-09 | 2020-02-03 | A.W. | Timothy M. Kotfila | Kotfila & Jordan | 1.5y | influenza | ADEM or viral encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-17 | 2023-11-21 | A.F.M. | Rick Alan Cory | Danks & Danks | 6mo | DTaP | epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-02-21 | 2020-09-29 | Payton Bergin | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | HPV | episodes of inability to walk and talk, short term memory lo | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-02-22 | 2017-05-03 | R.B. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante PLLC | 12.3y | HPV | anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-02-23 | 2017-03-21 | K.J.D. | Michael McLaren | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder (ASD), complex epilepsy, epileptic | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2017-03-03 | 2021-11-29 | B.B. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 9mo | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) and/or neuromy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $443,984 |
| 2017-03-06 | 2017-04-10 | L.A. | Paul R. Brazil | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | hepatitis A and pneumococcal c | febrile convulsions and developmental delays | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $262,848 |
| 2017-03-21 | 2021-09-02 | L.K.B. | – | – | – | Hepatitis B | complex-partial seizure disorder and mental developmental de | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2017-03-28 | 2018-05-23 | E.L. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $130,000 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2018-05-08 | P.C.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | MMR | encephalitis and/or encephalopathy, developmental regression | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-06-06 | 2022-03-25 | J.M.G. | – | – | 5mo | hepatitis B, DTaP, rotavirus, | macrocephaly secondary to enlarged extra-axial cerebral spin | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-07-05 | 2022-01-12 | Christine Midnight | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | MMR, Tdap, varicella | encephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduced | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-07-06 | 2018-08-03 | D.S.G. | – | – | 3.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-07-30 | 2021-12-22 | D.C. | Michael A. Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD, & Assoc. | 2.1y | influenza | autoimmune epilepsy, plus a number of secondary symptoms (an | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-08-27 | 2019-07-31 | K.G. | John P. Valente, III | The Valente Law Group | 5mo | varicella | disseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $955,276 |
| 2017-08-31 | 2017-08-31 | I.M.S. | Edward M. Kraus, John F. McHugh | Law Offices of Chicago Kent; Law Office of John McHugh | – | – | autistic disorder (AD) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-09-11 | 2017-11-14 | D.B.J. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | Pentacel | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-09-21 | 2025-11-12 | Tyler Hervey | Lisa Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | 8.0y | live attenuated influenza vacc | acute cerebellitis / encephalitis-like neurologic injury | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-09-25 | 2021-09-07 | L.T. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | hypotonic failure to thrive and developmental delay | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-09-27 | 2018-11-26 | Conor Brennan | Jessica A. Wallace | Siri & Glimstad LLP | – | HPV | immune mediated encephalopathy and/or autoimmune encephaliti | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-10-03 | 2019-07-18 | J.J.N. | – | – | 1.2y | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-05 | 2018-11-30 | R.G. | – | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2023-12-22 | A.J.K. | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 1.0y | MMR | posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy or stroke, seizure | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-02 | T.B.D. | Armond Marcarian | Marcarian Law Firm, P.C. | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), hepat | acute/chronic encephalopathy; hypersensitivity myocarditis; | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-12-01 | 2022-04-14 | Lauren Wilkins | David C. Richards | Christensen & Jensen, P.C. | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $136,802 |
| 2017-12-15 | 2018-12-13 | A.C. | J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | 6mo | unspecified | infantile seizure disorder | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2017-12-20 | 2019-05-28 | J.B. | Jeffrey A. Golvash | Brennan, Robins & Daley, P.C. | – | DTaP | febrile seizures and/or encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,864 |
| 2017-12-26 | 2019-04-02 | H.G. | – | – | 6mo | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-01-22 | 2018-04-26 | Vera Spearman | Howard Dale Mishkind | Mishkind Law Firm Co. L.P.A. | – | MMR | encephalitis | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $200,000 |
| 2018-02-05 | 2023-10-31 | A.S. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | DTaP; hepatitis B; IPV; Hib; P | Kawasaki disease, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder alleg | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $15,000 |
| 2018-02-27 | 2024-10-01 | L.S. | Scott B. Taylor | Urban & Taylor, S.C. | 6.0y | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-03-01 | 2018-06-15 | E.A.L. | – | – | – | DPT | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-03-09 | 2022-05-10 | Jacob Booth | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2022-08-31 | C.C. | Leigh Finfer | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.5y | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2024-03-25 | A.V. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-04 | 2023-08-03 | C.G. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm | 8.0y | varicella | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-06 | 2021-03-29 | P.L. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-04-18 | 2018-04-18 | E.J.Q. | Andrew M. Krueger | Krueger & Hernandez S.C. | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $200,000 |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-08-02 | A.M. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 1.5y | MMRV | Table Encephalopathy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-06-26 | 2019-04-12 | I.S. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | pneumococcal conjugate | seizures and an encephalopathy | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-06-29 | 2018-07-25 | A.C. | Howard Scott Gold | Gold Law Firm, LLC | – | DTaP | Mental Developmental Delay, Mixed receptive-expressive langu | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2018-07-30 | 2022-07-12 | M.A.M. | Forrest E. Jackson, Delay Forrest E. Jackson | Jackson Law Firm, PLLC | – | DTaP | seizures and/or developmental delay | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2018-08-14 | 2020-08-13 | M.G.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn | – | DTaP | neurologic injury, evidenced by her seizures and causing her | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2018-09-06 | 2018-10-05 | X.G. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 9mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-09-06 | 2024-02-20 | A.P. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb Attorney at Law | 4.0y | MMR | Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2018-10-04 | 2024-03-25 | K.S.J., Jr. | R. Christopher Irwin, III, Julius Vincent Cook | Cook & Tolley LLP; Cook & Tolley, LLP | 1.1y | MMR | biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTRBGD) tr | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,616,572 |
| 2018-10-19 | 2025-02-21 | A.G.C. | Ramon Rodriguez | Siri & Glimstad LLP | 5.8y | influenza | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-10-25 | 2019-02-12 | S.T. | William Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffe, P.C. | – | DTaP | epilepsy, seizures, developmental regression and delay, and | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2019-01-11 | 2020-10-21 | S.C. | Michael A. London | Douglas & London, P.C. | 2mo | DTaP; hepatitis B; rotavirus; | alleged vaccine reactions, reflux/GI issues, rash, seizures/ | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-01-16 | 2025-06-23 | R.D. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Mctlaw | – | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $95,000 |
| 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-02 | Steven E. Ovenden | Thomas W. Costello | Costello, Valente & Gentry | – | influenza | encephalitis and cerebral venous thrombosis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $65,000 |
| 2019-01-25 | 2019-07-15 | H.B. | Joseph P. Shannon | Shannon Law Group, P.C. | 8.0y | FluMist | encephalopathy and resulting developmental delays | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-02-12 | 2025-05-14 | WCF | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | 9mo | hepatitis A | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2019-02-14 | 2019-04-01 | A.R.K. | Yuri Jelokov | Farrish Johnson Law Office | 1.2y | Pentacel | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-02-28 | 2024-08-08 | K.M. | Brian L. Cinelli | Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP | 1.0y | Hib | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-05-28 | S.B. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | 9mo | Hepatitis A and influenza | anti-N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (“anti-NMDAR”) encephalit | denied | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2019-03-26 | 2020-02-21 | O.S.S. | – | – | – | pneumococcal | expressive developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-04-03 | 2020-06-16 | I.N. | Bruce W. Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMRV | non-epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, general seizu | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2020-06-12 | E.B.G. | Milton Clay Ragsdale | Ragsdale LLC | – | meningococcal | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2021-07-06 | J.H.S. | Brian Cinelli | Marcus & Cinelli, LLP | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2019-04-26 | 2019-05-28 | C.T. | – | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | status epilepticus, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, ence | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2019-05-02 | 2020-11-03 | E.H. | Shealene Priscilla Mancuso | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-05-28 | 2024-08-27 | S.D. | Bridget Candace McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-07-05 | 2022-04-26 | K.A. | – | – | 1.1y | varicella, MMR, hepatitis A, H | encephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-07-08 | 2020-02-10 | D.A.N.B. | – | – | – | childhood vaccine series inclu | torticollis, global development delay, and autism spectrum d | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-08-02 | 2025-07-31 | J.W. | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad, LLP | 2.0y | DTaP | epileptic encephalopathy with residual seizure disorder and | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-08-06 | 2020-06-01 | S.S. | William B. Hicky | William B. Hickey, Attorney at Law | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-09-23 | 2024-03-25 | L.C. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $721,446 |
| 2019-11-05 | 2024-02-21 | A.Z. | Jeffrey S. Pop | Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates | 19.0y | influenza; hepatitis A | Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,382 |
| 2019-11-12 | 2025-10-14 | K.N. | Vanessa Lee Brice | Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter | 6mo | DTaP; Hib; Prevnar 13; IPV; ro | seizures and resulting developmental/language delay | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-11-15 | 2021-04-27 | K.E. | Jonathan Joseph Svitak | Shannon Law Group; Shannon Law Group, P.C. | – | varicella | varicella-strain virus and related sequelae as well as vacci | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-12-12 | 2021-10-29 | R.J. | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $62,808 |
| 2019-12-17 | 2023-08-28 | P.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer P.C.; Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | DTaP | post-vaccine encephalopathy | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $74,000 |
| 2020-01-09 | 2021-03-30 | C.L.H.R. | – | – | 6mo | influenza | seizures, learning disabilities, speech disabilities | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |